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I should add that winning the SEC won’t realistically happen until we have top 3 classes or top 10/killer QB so cool your jets.
Ha. When I'm trying to be the voice of reason you know some shyte is weird.The moral of the story? Looking good, and tasting good are two very different things.
I don't agree with this.
I think we can be in the hunt every year from now on.
With an entirely new OL unit that is going to be tough to do this year in the SEC. I think if the trajectory remains at this level we should be competing for the SEC in 2020 and after.
Being Jboss or any other pumper is hard?
I'm sorry I responded. You're right. I was lazy. It was awesome being a pariah and hated on here. Lazy. Yup. You'd think going with the grain and just floating along with everyone else on the LAZY river would be "lazy" instead of being accused that you are a serial killer. Yeah, that sounds lazy.
Clueless.
10 years of sh*t have put the bulk of us in “show me” mode. We don’t believe in rainbows and unicorns, nor do we “trust the coaches” until they’ve earned it. Mullen is gaining it, but he’s still got work to do.I was talking more in generalities. Not necessarily you.
You have got to admit though that the theme of this board is everything sucks until the absolute minute it doesn't, with no optimism tolerated until the exact minute things no longer suck.
I know you have a complicated history here in some way. I don't know the details. I'm interested if you feel like telling it.
I was talking more in generalities. Not necessarily you.
You have got to admit though that the theme of this board is everything sucks until the absolute minute it doesn't, with no optimism tolerated until the exact minute things no longer suck.
I know you have a complicated history here in some way. I don't know the details. I'm interested if you feel like telling it.
To answer your question:
2016 Clemson Rivals team recruiting ranking average was: 11.25 (cracked the top ten ONLY once and that was a top 5...the other three classes all outside the top 10) There rankings were as follows: 14, 14, 13, 4 (The lone top 5 class were freshman that year) Not sure how many freshman contributed, but the majority of the contributors to that championship team ranked on average as 13.6.
2018 Clemson Rivals team recruiting ranking was: 10 The rankings were 4, 6, 22, 8 (The same top 5 class (now seniors so we assume major contributors), two top 10 classes, and one class outside the top 20).
11.5 ranked class, and 10th ranked classes (on average per Rivals) beat the perennial #1 ranked classes of Alabama twice in three years.
Point is: Common denominator was difference maker at QB and solid coaching. With good coaching and a stud QB (who we hope we have in EJ!), it can be done with Top 10 classes. NOW... I fully expect our classes to start edging into Top 5 beginning next year. So this year was a pretty good start to our climb back to the top of the mountain... assuming our coaching is on task. Mullen appears up to it and also it appears he's upgrading our assistant coaching as well....
If we get Braun and if Reese is able to graduate, we only have one OT to shore up on the OLWith an entirely new OL unit that is going to be tough to do this year in the SEC. I think if the trajectory remains at this level we should be competing for the SEC in 2020 and after.
I can't believe I forgot about KC.
The moral of the story? Looking good, and tasting good are two very different things.
I don't agree with this.
I think we can be in the hunt every year from now on.
This makes Diwun Black look smart for taking a year off from football, doing a little studying, and avoiding being forced to start his career at JUCO.
Don't agree and think that we won't have top 3 classes until we get better facilities. Sure hope you guys are prepared to wait.I should add that winning the SEC won’t realistically happen until we have top 3 classes or top 10/killer QB so cool your jets.
Clemson proved Bama can be beat.But can we win... can we beat UGA and Bama? Probably have a shot at UGA because Kirby...not sure if we have the talent yet to compete with Bama in a SEC title game.
I don't think we can win the SEC until we get some elite talent. I think Mullen gets that next cycle.
That's the beauty of being a dumper. You are "right" when things don't work out, which is most of the time as, for example, only one team can win an SEC championship every year. When things work out, the dumpers are "happy and pleased". It's a no lose situation. Sit back and snipe at the pumpers. The easy way. The lazy way. .